The
new transmittal changes the status codes for the CPT codes
to "A" or "C," meaning carrier-priced,
and adds RVUs for some of them. The transmittal changes
all the "G" codes to status code "I".
Non-Medicare payers have been accepting CPT codes for PET
scans for years, and providers have been waiting for CMS
to catch up.

The
transmittal also makes changes to the bilateral status,
global period and RVUs of dozens of other codes.